From c6875f3aacf2a5a913205accddabf0bfb75cac76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Boris Ostrovsky Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:44:41 -0400 Subject: x86/xen: Return from panic notifier Currently execution of panic() continues until Xen's panic notifier (xen_panic_event()) is called at which point we make a hypercall that never returns. This means that any notifier that is supposed to be called later as well as significant part of panic() code (such as pstore writes from kmsg_dump()) is never executed. There is no reason for xen_panic_event() to be this last point in execution since panic()'s emergency_restart() will call into xen_emergency_restart() from where we can perform our hypercall. Nevertheless, we will provide xen_legacy_crash boot option that will preserve original behavior during crash. This option could be used, for example, if running kernel dumper (which happens after panic notifiers) is undesirable. Reported-by: James Dingwall Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 4c1971960afa..5ea005c9e2d6 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -5267,6 +5267,10 @@ the unplug protocol never -- do not unplug even if version check succeeds + xen_legacy_crash [X86,XEN] + Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late + panic() code such as dumping handler. + xen_nopvspin [X86,XEN] Disables the ticketlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations. -- cgit v1.2.3